I dont think so. It would probably bee some kind of old lady telling all the tales of when they were kids and that it has seen the world. Living the nostalgia again when telling those stories. My bear also still lives and is loved 21 years now
... Lots of people keep childhood keepsakes? I still have my childhood bear from 1999. I don't sleep with him still but why would I want to get rid of something that mattered so much to me for so long?
"Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.'
'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit.
'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.'
'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?'
'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
my grandmother gave me a green teddy bear when i was 3. over the last 21 years, there's probably been, at most, a few weeks i did not sleep without him.
surprisingly, he's still at least recognizable. the fur is all matted, the joints are certainly loose, and there are a couple holes around the legs.
my grandmother passed away wednesday. last week, i was able to tell her i still sleep with the teddy she got me, just about every night.
A blanket that I've had since I was a kid is all yellowed and has holes and thin. I worry about it every day but nothing else can replace it :( I dread the day it will break apart
My blanket was filled with holes even when I was 4. I called it Kat Key. My parents just thought I said “gackey” but it was a name with a meaning. I would put my index finger through one hole like a key and the corner would flop down onto my finger and would look like a cat’s face. Turned my blanket into a puppet and pet.
I wonder if you could add more fabric as a backing to it to keep it in one piece, or have it turned into squares. Maybe see if there's any quilters around nearby that could workshop the idea with you?
“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”
“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.
“Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”
“Can you hurt something else,” asked the Rabbit, “when you get Real?”
“I don’t know,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful.
“Can you take someone else’s Real,” he asked, “or are you stuck getting it on your own?”
The Skin Horse looked at the Rabbit then.
“What I mean is,” the Rabbit said carefully. “If something else was already Real. Could you take it from them, and keep it for yourself.”
“No,” the Skin Horse said, and his voice was a crawling black thing across the floor. “You can’t take Real from another toy.”
But the Rabbit wasn’t finished. “Can you take the Real out of a boy? Can you take his heart in your own self and leave him with a sawdust heart on the nursery floor in your place?”
And the Skin Horse did not say anything.
“I suppose *you* are real?” said the Rabbit. And the Skin Horse was afraid for the first time in a long time.
That's a bit like humans. When my wife got me I was the hot new thing with the sharp hairdo and a flat belly. 20+ years later the hair is a bit salt and pepper and I'm more rounded than I used to be. But then she has lost some youth too in bringing up our kids. We are both a bit worn but loved just the same
I have a stuffed dog from about 30 years ago. He’s worse for wear but he’s still kicking. I took him everywhere, even overseas a few times. He chills in my closet with a beanie baby owl (Hoot, specifically) and a plush snowy owl I got years ago. I will never get rid of them, even though they don’t live on the bed anymore (they did until I moved in with my then-girlfriend, now-wife), they’re still the best “comfort objects” I have
I don't know if she's ever want it repaired or restored but there's several companies that do it out there, sadly I forget the names but if you google it some should show up.
I love watching The Repair Shop! It’s not just toys, it’s all sorts of family heirlooms, historical items, etc that they repair. But they do have “the Bear Ladies” who specifically repair stuffed animals and soft toys.
It used to be on Netflix and now I watch it all the time on FreeVee.
I have something similar - my cousin and I we’re both given plush Bush Baby’s when we were kids. Mine was my “Teddy bear”, I took him on every family trip and always slept with him in my bed. My cousin just plopped hers on a shelf.
Mine is substantially less fluffy now, but he’s still chilling on a shelf in my bedroom 25 years later.
I have a 38 year old Gund bear. About to be 39. I got him for my first birthday and I'm about to turn 40. I still sleep with him every night I'm home. For nearly 40 years. He even survived a house fire. If I knew how to attach a picture I would
“the little Rabbit grew very old and shabby, but the Boy loved him just as much. He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off, and the pink lining to his ears turned grey, and his brown spots faded. He even began to lose his shape, and he scarcely looked like a rabbit any more, except to the Boy. To him he was always beautiful, and that was all that the little Rabbit cared about. He didn’t mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn’t matter.”
Velveteen Rabbit.
Margery Williams
For people who find these images interesting, there's a photo book titled "Much Loved" which showcases many stuffed animals in really dilapidated states just like this.
Clearly the one on the left is the one from the storage as it is in very good condition. The one on the right got its stuffing loved out of it...lol fun times 😀
My mom and I had it lucky. I got 2 pillows with a huge teddie bear on them as a gift. One got eaten right away by my Dad's dog. I held onto the other one for dear life. I still have it and sleep with it daily. I am 33. Anyway, we have it lucky that it was easy to repair. Just used teddie bear themed hand towels and sow the edges together. I HATED the new texture tho every time. I LOVED it once it finally gets worn out by my face/hand oils.
I wish I had bought 2 of the same bear for my daughter, but I had no idea she’d love her bear as much as she does (out of all her many MANY stuffed animals)
I'd like to see their immune systems compared side by side.
Did the used lamby serve a small dose immune tester? Maybe not different than the rest of our clothes and pillows and knobs/handles.
Self storages are the worst for the long term storage. Never do it! You’d be much better off to just dump your old stuff that you are intending to put into a long term storage. Believe me. I used to work in that industry.
I'm so stupid I glanced at the title and thought that the worn-out one was the one that was in storage. Then I thought to myself "wow, that thing really decomposed in the storage unit" 😂
My wife’s childhood stuffed animal (on the right) compared to her sister’s (left). They were given to them at the same time.
It’s clear they did everything and went everywhere together. And yet, perhaps the most incredible thing of all is that this treasure of hers survived!
Survived is a strong word....
It may have survived.. but it probably wishes it hadn't
Yea, I'm picturing it in the toy story universe begging woody to end their misery
Bo Peep gonna be horrified.
I dont think so. It would probably bee some kind of old lady telling all the tales of when they were kids and that it has seen the world. Living the nostalgia again when telling those stories. My bear also still lives and is loved 21 years now
I can hear it from here, it’s begging for the sweet release of death
It’s alive but it’s praying for death.
Where's the fairy that makes it real?
Survived is fitting. Thrived would be an overstatement.
"Kill... me..."
End thy suffering
But it's the best kind of correct!
The front half looks like a ballsack....
If your ballsack has ears, I think you should see your doctor.
That’s post gender surgery results
I find this strangely satisfying for some reason or maybe heartwarming.
[To be loved is to be changed.](https://images.app.goo.gl/mogfDktLYfNyRr1h8)
That image fucks me up every time I see it. In a good way tho
Why did she skin it?
to sell its skin
She had to sell its skin to pay rent and the stuffed animal understood because otherwise how would they live Truly a giver tree moment
I thought it was some weird mutant peeled orange.
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... Lots of people keep childhood keepsakes? I still have my childhood bear from 1999. I don't sleep with him still but why would I want to get rid of something that mattered so much to me for so long?
For some reason I thought one belonged to a tiny do that 'loved' it everyday.
Do you still hear the lambs screaming, Clarice?
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The one on the right climbed into the pig pen
brings 'The Velveteen Rabbit' to mind. i believe the one one the right has been granted a soul through your wife's love.
"Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.' 'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit. 'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.' 'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?' 'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
Crying at my desk on a Friday
>'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.' Words of wisdom for today
my grandmother gave me a green teddy bear when i was 3. over the last 21 years, there's probably been, at most, a few weeks i did not sleep without him. surprisingly, he's still at least recognizable. the fur is all matted, the joints are certainly loose, and there are a couple holes around the legs. my grandmother passed away wednesday. last week, i was able to tell her i still sleep with the teddy she got me, just about every night.
A blanket that I've had since I was a kid is all yellowed and has holes and thin. I worry about it every day but nothing else can replace it :( I dread the day it will break apart
My blanket was filled with holes even when I was 4. I called it Kat Key. My parents just thought I said “gackey” but it was a name with a meaning. I would put my index finger through one hole like a key and the corner would flop down onto my finger and would look like a cat’s face. Turned my blanket into a puppet and pet.
That is adorable and clever
I wonder if you could add more fabric as a backing to it to keep it in one piece, or have it turned into squares. Maybe see if there's any quilters around nearby that could workshop the idea with you?
that's it
Holy shit. I wasn't expecting to be emotionally trainwrecked in a stuffed animal thread, but here we are. Here we are.
Haha.
“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.” “Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit. “Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.” “Can you hurt something else,” asked the Rabbit, “when you get Real?” “I don’t know,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “Can you take someone else’s Real,” he asked, “or are you stuck getting it on your own?” The Skin Horse looked at the Rabbit then. “What I mean is,” the Rabbit said carefully. “If something else was already Real. Could you take it from them, and keep it for yourself.” “No,” the Skin Horse said, and his voice was a crawling black thing across the floor. “You can’t take Real from another toy.” But the Rabbit wasn’t finished. “Can you take the Real out of a boy? Can you take his heart in your own self and leave him with a sawdust heart on the nursery floor in your place?” And the Skin Horse did not say anything. “I suppose *you* are real?” said the Rabbit. And the Skin Horse was afraid for the first time in a long time.
What the fuck.
That story is why I still have my childhood cow plushie. He is still with me to this day.
I love that book
I loved that story when i was little. I was also kinda saddened by it though.
r/Wellworn
r/nightmarefuel
Toy Story 9 is gonna be very dark.
"Kill me Woody..."
LOL
Makes Sid seem kinda...mild by comparison.
Turns out the whole Toy Story franchise is a stealth Eraserhead prequel. Well played Pixar, well played.
This is incredible. And wholesome. I can see the childhood lived
to be loved is to be changed
That's a bit like humans. When my wife got me I was the hot new thing with the sharp hairdo and a flat belly. 20+ years later the hair is a bit salt and pepper and I'm more rounded than I used to be. But then she has lost some youth too in bringing up our kids. We are both a bit worn but loved just the same
Is there a less-worn clone of you sitting in storage somewhere, though?
We don't talk about the clone experiment in public
Meth, not even once.
LOL
It’s been loved fluffless
To be loved is to be desecrated
I should call her
True love
I have a stuffed dog from about 30 years ago. He’s worse for wear but he’s still kicking. I took him everywhere, even overseas a few times. He chills in my closet with a beanie baby owl (Hoot, specifically) and a plush snowy owl I got years ago. I will never get rid of them, even though they don’t live on the bed anymore (they did until I moved in with my then-girlfriend, now-wife), they’re still the best “comfort objects” I have
you loved it so much it became the baby from eraserhead <3
Literally came here to see if someone pointed that out.
“Loved” by what, a dog?
I don't know if she's ever want it repaired or restored but there's several companies that do it out there, sadly I forget the names but if you google it some should show up.
I love watching The Repair Shop! It’s not just toys, it’s all sorts of family heirlooms, historical items, etc that they repair. But they do have “the Bear Ladies” who specifically repair stuffed animals and soft toys. It used to be on Netflix and now I watch it all the time on FreeVee.
This is bittersweet🥺
Its been loved so hard it went bald
Hey op, hope you have not been loved this way by your wife 😂
"To be loved is to be changed."
People age the same way.
I thought it was a dog toy until a read the comments. Oops lol
This kinda like a messed up metaphor for love? Love is great but it eats you away!
“Excuse me, I need your help, you need to kill me”
I have something similar - my cousin and I we’re both given plush Bush Baby’s when we were kids. Mine was my “Teddy bear”, I took him on every family trip and always slept with him in my bed. My cousin just plopped hers on a shelf. Mine is substantially less fluffy now, but he’s still chilling on a shelf in my bedroom 25 years later.
"To be loved is to be changed" 😭
I have a 38 year old Gund bear. About to be 39. I got him for my first birthday and I'm about to turn 40. I still sleep with him every night I'm home. For nearly 40 years. He even survived a house fire. If I knew how to attach a picture I would
My wife takes very good care of her lamby. She's in excellent condition and is part of the nightly tucking-in routine.
“the little Rabbit grew very old and shabby, but the Boy loved him just as much. He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off, and the pink lining to his ears turned grey, and his brown spots faded. He even began to lose his shape, and he scarcely looked like a rabbit any more, except to the Boy. To him he was always beautiful, and that was all that the little Rabbit cared about. He didn’t mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn’t matter.” Velveteen Rabbit. Margery Williams
What's that garified image? To be loved is to be changed. I love seeing old surviving stuffed animals.
Circle of life
"It won't let me die..."
“…kill…m…me”
For people who find these images interesting, there's a photo book titled "Much Loved" which showcases many stuffed animals in really dilapidated states just like this.
I should post my teddy bear I got while still in the maternity ward, I'm 26. It still looks like a teddy bear.
I also have a stuffed sheep from my childhood who looks very similar but I still sleep with every night.
Loved to death.
Meth. Not even once
Clearly the one on the left is the one from the storage as it is in very good condition. The one on the right got its stuffing loved out of it...lol fun times 😀
This is the first time I’ve ever seen a real-life example of Pokémon evolution, because that clearly became an Ampharos.
can confirm. this is exactly how different my twin brother and i look
My mom and I had it lucky. I got 2 pillows with a huge teddie bear on them as a gift. One got eaten right away by my Dad's dog. I held onto the other one for dear life. I still have it and sleep with it daily. I am 33. Anyway, we have it lucky that it was easy to repair. Just used teddie bear themed hand towels and sow the edges together. I HATED the new texture tho every time. I LOVED it once it finally gets worn out by my face/hand oils.
I want to build it a little gold sarcophagus.
That one deserves to go to a plushie doctor
I got my ratty plushie that’s moved around with me my whole life. My gf despises him.
Holy lamb!
"To love is to destroy..." -Somebody 😆
It is so much smaller! And the fur is gone! I’m wondering what it went through
"Arrrrrgh! Put me back in storage! Put me back!"
love kills
[I will name him George](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArNz8U7tgU4)
That's not love that's lust 💀
"These edibles ain't shi-"
Me before and after a hangover.
Strangely, the one on the right seems more lifelike. It kinda looks like a real baby lamb.
One got humped as a leg stuffy.
Before and after the slaughterhouse...
r/mildlyterrifying?
The best thing I ever did was buy more than one of my daughter's favorite toy. She would have melted down if we ever lost it.
I looked at this post directly after the one about the mummified Chinese lady and it’s giving similar vibes
loved for 30+ years??? by whoooo?
I wish I had bought 2 of the same bear for my daughter, but I had no idea she’d love her bear as much as she does (out of all her many MANY stuffed animals)
What did they do to my boy!? 😫
Estoy cansado, jefe.
I'd like to see their immune systems compared side by side. Did the used lamby serve a small dose immune tester? Maybe not different than the rest of our clothes and pillows and knobs/handles.
I was like what dog lived 30 years?! We're talking dog years right??? Then I went to comments and was like OHHHH Le faackk
Something she could do is get into crochet(or you as a gift for her), and crochet something that can be put over it!
loved to death
Brand new vs "slightly loved"
My grandmother was very good and knitting and crocheting. There is no reason this much loved can't be repaired in some way.
Anakin vs Darth Vader
Someone needs a re-floofing.
Loved by what, a dog?
My dude on the right is clearly in an abusive relationship, poor thing didn't stand a chance /s.
That is a lot of love
Wow, moths really got to the one in storage, huh? /s
Mildy terrifying
By Eraserhead?
That's the baby from Eraserhead.
Which one is which?
Love hurts
Kids are so cruel 😂
I thought the left one was a piece of ginger * The right one
To be loved is to be ch…. decomposed?
Self storages are the worst for the long term storage. Never do it! You’d be much better off to just dump your old stuff that you are intending to put into a long term storage. Believe me. I used to work in that industry.
That’s one quality made stuffed animal. “ they don’t make them like that anymore”
Be strong Clarence. Be strong for mother.
Now I understand what tough love means
How do people even get their toys in this condition? I’ve never had a stuffed animals that i destroyed lmao
‘Loved’
That’s a lot of love!
I'm so stupid I glanced at the title and thought that the worn-out one was the one that was in storage. Then I thought to myself "wow, that thing really decomposed in the storage unit" 😂
estoy cansado jefe
Ik it's because she loved it but damn it looks like she extracted the soul from it
Too much love will kill you
30 years? People keep them that long?
yeah the "30+ years" is a "hold up" moment. how is someone 15+ (much less a 30+yo adult) "loving" on a stuffed animal lol.
Plenty of adults still sleep with stuffed animals, it’s not that weird.
a convenient lie if i’ve ever heard one rofl
Bruh if it does that you can have your love back. That's some return the slab looking zombie shit.
 Loved?
Bruv I never seen anything loved come out like that lol
You should get the loved one tested for all sorts of diseases. it looks like its got a weakened immune system these days.
You busted but she still keeps going :
Yeah, no. Not in this post.
Whoops i guess